Sudharak Olwe

Born19 March 1966 (age 59)

OccupationPhotojournalist

KnownforPhotojournalism

Sudharak Olwe

Born	(1966-03-19) 19 March 1966 (age 59) Akola Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Photojournalist
Known for	Photojournalism
Awards	Padma Shri
Signature
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Sudharak Olwe (born 19 March 1966) is a Mumbai-based documentary photographer, whose work has been featured in national publications and exhibited in Mumbai, Delhi, Malmo (Sweden), Lisbon, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Washington and Dhaka.^[1]^[2]^[3]

He has drawn immense admiration and awe in the Indian subcontinent for revealing the naked reality of life’s tragicomic social theater. In 2005, he was one of the four awardees for the National Geographic's "All Roads Photography Program".^[4] He was awarded Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian honors for his social work in 2016.^[5]

Mr. Suhdarak Olwe comes from Akola, a district in the state of Maharashtra. He has a Diploma in Photography from the Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art (1986), Mumbai and also a Diploma in Film and Video Production (1992) from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. But he credits his success to experience rather than educational qualifications. He ran away from his home in Mumbai to Hyderabad for some time which taught him about street life which he depicts in his Pictures. Sudharak Olwe heads the Photography promotion Trust, which aims to spread the knowledge of photography in young adults not only in urban areas but in the rural side too.

↑ "Amazing photo exhibition in Mumbai". Times of India. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ "Sudharak Olwe captures the invisible work force of the city". DNA India. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ "In Search of Dignity and Justice". Galli. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ Sudharak Olwe bags National Geographic Award, for story of Mumbai conservancy workers
↑ "Pranab Mukherjee honours Rajinikanth, Sania Mirza, Priyanka Chopra, 53 others with Padma awards". DNA India. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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1950s	Mary Clubwala Jadhav (1955) Thackkadu Natesasastrigal Jagadisan (1957) R. S. Subbalakshmi (1958) Sailabala Das (1959) Lakshman Singh Jangpangi (1959)
1960s	Nanabhai Bhatt (1960) Bina Das (1960) Sophia Wadia (1960) Kamalabai Hospet (1961) Mithuben Petit (1961) N. Ramaswami Ayyar (1962) Mother Teresa (1962) Brij Krishna Chandiwala (1963) Leela Sumant Moolgaokar (1963) Leela Sumant Moolgaokar (1963) Ambujammal (1964) Mona Chandravati Gupta (1965) Lakshmi Mazumdar (1965) Gordhandas Bhagwandas Narottamdas (1965) John Richardson (1965) Manibhai Desai (1968) Bhaurao Gaikwad (1968) Shalini Moghe (1968) Sis Ram Ola (1968) Kalyan Singh Gupta (1969) Mangru Ganu Uikey (1969)
1970s	Indumati Chimanlal Sheth (1970) Maniben Kara (1970) Baba Amte (1971) Robin Banerjee (1971) Lila Ramkumar Bhargava (1971) Savita Behen (1971) Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav (1971) Yudhvir Singh (1971) Avabai Bomanji Wadia (1971) Badri Prasad Bajoria (1972) Kanta Saroop Krishen (1972) Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya (1972) Chandraprabha Saikiani (1972) Sarojini Varadappan (1973) Queenie H. C. Captain (1974) L. Kijungluba Ao (1976) Bishambhar Nath Pande (1976) Ismail Ahmed Cachalia (1977) Dhani Prem (1977)
1980s	Kunwar Singh Negi (1981) Bhagat Puran Singh (1981) Claire Vellut (1981) Swami Kalyandev (1982) Shiv Dutt Upadhyaya (1982) M. P. Nachimuthu (1983) Omem Moyong Deori (1984) Zainulabedin Gulamhusain Rangoonwala (1984) Ela Bhatt (1985) Ratnappa Kumbhar (1985) Anutai Wagh (1985) Chandi Prasad Bhatt (1986) Mahasweta Devi (1986) Krishan Dev Dewan (1986) Tushar Kanjilal (1986) Avdhash Kaushal (1986) Narayan Singh Manaklao (1986) Bunker Roy (1986) Begum Zaffar Ali (1987) Jaya Arunachalam (1987) Darshan Singh Vohra (1988) Mithu Alur (1989) Vedaratnam Appakutti (1989) Rajmohini Devi (1989) Krishnammal Jagannathan (1989) Mag Raj Jain (1989) Edward Kutchat (1989)
1990s	Anna Hazare (1990) Renana Jhabvala (1990) Silverine Swer (1990) Silverine Swer (1991) Vimla Dang (1991) T. G. K. Menon (1991) Jagdish Kashibhai Patel (1991) D. Y. Patil (1991) Sundaram Ramakrishnan (1991) Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti (1991) Shanthi Ranganathan (1992) Vidyaben Shah (1992) Leonarda Angela Casiraghi (1998) Antony Padiyara (1998) Shantha Sinha (1998) Kanta Tyagi (1998) Acharya Ramamurti (1999) T. Sailo (1999) Natwar Thakkar (1999)
2000s	Neidonuo Angami (2000) Jagan Nath Kaul (2000) Patricia Mukhim (2000) Janaky Athi Nahappan (2000) Hanumappa Sudarshan (2000) Rabindra Nath Upadhyay (2000) Tulasi Munda (2001) Norma Alvares (2002) Prakash Amte (2002) Kiran Martin (2002) Prema Narendra Purao (2002) Sivananda Rajaram (2002) Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty (2003) Queenie Rynjah (2004) Hema Bharali (2005) Nana Chudasama (2005) Lalsawma (2005) Theilin Phanbuh (2005) Gladys Staines (2005) Suwalal Bafna (2006) Anil Prakash Joshi (2006) Sudha Murty (2006) Sudha Varghese (2006) Melhupra Vero (2006) Runa Banerjee (2007) S. M. Cyril (2007) M. A. Yusuff Ali (2008) Sheela Borthakur (2008) Karuna Mary Braganza (2008) V. R. Gowrishankar (2008) Kshama Metre (2008) Kutikuppala Surya Rao (2008) Madan Mohan Sabharwal (2008) Vikramjit Singh Sahney (2008) Bilkees Latif (2009) Keepu Tsering Lepcha (2009) C. K. Menon (2009) Joseph H. Pereira (2009) Sunil Kanti Roy (2009) Mitraniketan Viswanathan (2009)
2010s	Anu Aga (2010) J. R. Gangaramani (2010) Deep Joshi (2010) Sudha Kaul (2010) Ayekpam Tomba Meetei (2010) Kurian John Melamparambil (2010) Sudhir M. Parikh (2010) Kranti Shah (2010) Baba Sewa Singh (2010) Mamraj Agrawal (2011) Jockin Arputham (2011) Nomita Chandy (2011) Martha Chen (2011) Azad Moopen (2011) Sheela Patel (2011) Anita Reddy (2011) Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor (2011) Shamshad Begum (2012) Reeta Devi (2012) P. K. Gopal (2012) G. Muniratnam (2012) Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya (2012) Uma Tuli (2012) S. P. Varma (2012) Phoolbasan Bai Yadav (2012) Binny Yanga (2012) Jharna Dhara Chowdhury (2013) S. K. M. Maeilanandhan (2013) Nileema Mishra (2013) Reema Nanavati (2013) Manju Bharat Ram (2013) Narendra Dabholkar (2014) Mukul Chandra Goswami (2014) Durga Jain (2014) J. L. Kaul (2014) Mathur Savani (2014) Ashok Bhagat (2015) Janak Palta McGilligan (2015) Meetha Lal Mehta (2015) Veerendra Raj Mehta (2015) Bimla Poddar (2015) Madeleine Herman de Blic (2016) Madhu Pandit Dasa (2016) Ajoy Kumar Dutta (2016) Damal Kandalai Srinivasan (2016) Sunitha Krishnan (2016) Sundar Menon (2016) Arunachalam Muruganantham (2016) P. Gopinathan Nair (2016) Sudharak Olwe (2016) Girish Bharadwaj (2017) Appasaheb Dharmadhikari (2017) Bipin Ganatra (2017) Karimul Haque (2017) Anuradha Koirala (2017) Suhas Vitthal Mapuskar (2017) Daripalli Ramaiah (2017) Balbir Singh Seechewal (2017) Damodar Ganesh Bapat (2018) Sitavva Joddati (2018) Subhasini Mistry (2018) Sulagitti Narasamma (2018) Abdullah Bin Othman (2018) Sampat Ramteke (2018) Draupadi Ghimiray (2019) Bulu Imam (2019) Friederike Irina Bruning (2019) Chinna Pillai (2019) Shabbir Sayyad (2019) Jyoti Kumar Sinha (2019) Saalumarada Thimmakka (2019) Jamuna Tudu (2019) Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli (2019)
2020s	Jagdish Lal Ahuja (2020) Popatrao Baguji Pawar (2020) Usha Chaumar (2020) Lia Diskin (2020) Sangkhumi Bualchhuak (2020 Tulsi Gowda (2020) Harekala Hajabba (2020) Tetsu Nakamura (2020) S. Ramakrishnan (2020) Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri (2020) Mohammed Sharif (2020) Ramjee Singh (2020) Agus Indra Udayana (2020) Sundaram Verma (2020) Sindhutai Sapkal (2021) Girish Prabhune (2021) Prabhaben Shah (2022) Savaji Bhai Dholakia (2022) Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai (2022) Om Prakash Gandhi (2022) K. V. Rabiya (2022) Srimad Baba Balia (2022) Prem Singh (2022) Baba Iqbal Singh Ji (2022) S Damodaran (2022) Basanti Devi (2022) Bhiku Ramji Idate (2023) Bikram Bahadur Jamatia (2023) Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme (2023) Hirabai Lobi (2023) Moolchand Lodha (2023) Gajanan Jagannath Mane (2023) Uma Shankar Pandey (2023) V. P. Appukutta Poduval (2023) Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan (2023) Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar (2023) Laxman Singh (2023) Palam Kalyana Sundaram (2023) Karma Wangchu (Posthumous) (2023) Parbati Barua (2024) Dukhu Majhi (2024) Chami Murmu (2024) Shankar Baba Pundlikrao Papalkar (2024) KS Rajanna (2024) Sangthankima (2024) Gurvinder Singh (2024) Somanna (2024) Maya Tandon (2024) Sano Vamuzo (2024) Jageshwar Yadav (2024) Bhim Singh Bhavesh (2025) Chaitram Deochand Pawar (2025) Jumde Yomgam Gamlin (2025) Libia Lobo Sardesai (2025) Radha Bahin Bhatt (2025) Suresh Harilal Soni (2025) Vinayak Lohani (2025)

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